How to Succeed (thx, Seth)
Seth Godin published this very fine list in 2012.
How to succeed
You don’t need all of these, and some are mutually exclusive (while others are not). And most don’t work, don’t scale or can’t be arranged: Be very focused on your goal and work…
Seth's very fine list.
This is a bunch of ways to succeed (or not, depending on your situation.) Here are some of my favorites…
1. Be very focused on your goal and work on it daily
2. Go to college with someone who makes it big and then hires you
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4. Practice every day
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7. Do the emotional labor of working on things that others fear
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12. Inherit
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18. Contribute more than is expected
19. Give credit to others
20. Take responsibility
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26. Treat every gig as an opportunity to create art
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29. When dealing with employees, act like Steve. It worked for him, apparently.
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32. Have the ability to work harder and more directly than anyone else when the situation demands it.
Some of those reflect my values. Some of those are funny.